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Whats your best tip or tricks for using the GT?
- Thread starter Dang
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Patience is number one, going slow is important to get depth,listen close to what the Sovereign is telling you.
A good signal is a repeatable one that you can get by swinging the coil over back and forth over the target and with the tones and meter reading the Sovereign will tell you what this target is. To begin with the tones may be confusing as there is so many of them and as time goes on most of the tones you will completely ignore as you know these are not good ones, but when a good one is heard it will stop you in your track and you will swing back over this area trying to get the signal to repeat and the tones and meter reading trying to reach the correct ones by wiggling(almost like massaging the signal) the coil only over just that target.
To begin with you will want to set your GT with the volume max,disc and notch all the way counter clockwise so it is at Minn and turn the sensitivity also to auto which is all the way counter clockwise too to give you a much smoother threshold until you get to know the tones and the detector better.
Pinpointing is a problem for some, but I find I will switch to all metal as I keep my track/lock/pinpoint switch in the pinpoint mode as this switch is only active when in all metal on the GT, now I will be in the pinpoint mode and ready to pinpoint. Now you will not have the variable tone or meter ID, but you don't need it now as you are just trying to locate the target. I will swing the coil side to side until you get the best signal and push the coil to the ground so it wont move off that spot. Now turn the coil 90 degrees and go side to side again until you get the best signal and you Will find your target right under the very center of the coil. Now if you want to make sure it is a good target while holding the coil still switch back to disc and just slightly wiggle the coil and it should give a good positive signal and not a null.
Takes time and some patience and experience with this detector to do real good, but when you do it is like learning to ride a bike as once you learn it it become very easy and a second nature
A good signal is a repeatable one that you can get by swinging the coil over back and forth over the target and with the tones and meter reading the Sovereign will tell you what this target is. To begin with the tones may be confusing as there is so many of them and as time goes on most of the tones you will completely ignore as you know these are not good ones, but when a good one is heard it will stop you in your track and you will swing back over this area trying to get the signal to repeat and the tones and meter reading trying to reach the correct ones by wiggling(almost like massaging the signal) the coil only over just that target.
To begin with you will want to set your GT with the volume max,disc and notch all the way counter clockwise so it is at Minn and turn the sensitivity also to auto which is all the way counter clockwise too to give you a much smoother threshold until you get to know the tones and the detector better.
Pinpointing is a problem for some, but I find I will switch to all metal as I keep my track/lock/pinpoint switch in the pinpoint mode as this switch is only active when in all metal on the GT, now I will be in the pinpoint mode and ready to pinpoint. Now you will not have the variable tone or meter ID, but you don't need it now as you are just trying to locate the target. I will swing the coil side to side until you get the best signal and push the coil to the ground so it wont move off that spot. Now turn the coil 90 degrees and go side to side again until you get the best signal and you Will find your target right under the very center of the coil. Now if you want to make sure it is a good target while holding the coil still switch back to disc and just slightly wiggle the coil and it should give a good positive signal and not a null.
Takes time and some patience and experience with this detector to do real good, but when you do it is like learning to ride a bike as once you learn it it become very easy and a second nature
If you haven't already done so, fit some rubber covers over your toggles switches, sand can get into them real quick & cause major problems.
I mostly hunt at the beach & always hunt in all metal mode (I find i get better depth at my locations). Listen for those small repeatable signals, when you find one, switch to disc, if the signal doesn't null, it's worth digging, even if the threshold stays the same, dig it!! Precise coil control & sweep speed is important & as tempting as it is, don't go fast, sovereigns brain has to do a lot of caclulations & a slow sweep speed is required, go fast & you'll only get the coins on the top, the good stuff is the deep weak signals. Spend time with your machine & you will reap the rewards......
Here's my beach finds so far this year, all found with my trusty Sovereign.... Gotta love this hobby!! Goodluck!!
I mostly hunt at the beach & always hunt in all metal mode (I find i get better depth at my locations). Listen for those small repeatable signals, when you find one, switch to disc, if the signal doesn't null, it's worth digging, even if the threshold stays the same, dig it!! Precise coil control & sweep speed is important & as tempting as it is, don't go fast, sovereigns brain has to do a lot of caclulations & a slow sweep speed is required, go fast & you'll only get the coins on the top, the good stuff is the deep weak signals. Spend time with your machine & you will reap the rewards......
Here's my beach finds so far this year, all found with my trusty Sovereign.... Gotta love this hobby!! Goodluck!!
Art (NWOH)
New member
Three for you..........most appropriate for dirt hunting.......
Sweep the coil over each target at least 3 times. A significant jump in tone on successive sweeps indicates a deep target that needs to be investigated. An initial foil hit can turn out to be a coin.
Work your way around every target when practical. Be suspicious of any target that changes response to any extent as you work your way around......An edge coin may not pick up from some angles, or sound like foil. From the right angle you get a broken "bi-bip".
When checking out targets pay attention to the threshold....
When you sweep over it from left to right does the target leave the same tone as it does when swept from right to left? If not then this could indicate 2 targets of different conductivity .....one or more of which could be a coin. It could still be two pieces of trash, or an odd shaped piece of trash, but you never know. Remember ....many of the good finds are left in the ground because the detectors that have been over the area got bad readings on these objects.
A fourth tip........combine the other three tips.
HH
Sweep the coil over each target at least 3 times. A significant jump in tone on successive sweeps indicates a deep target that needs to be investigated. An initial foil hit can turn out to be a coin.
Work your way around every target when practical. Be suspicious of any target that changes response to any extent as you work your way around......An edge coin may not pick up from some angles, or sound like foil. From the right angle you get a broken "bi-bip".
When checking out targets pay attention to the threshold....
When you sweep over it from left to right does the target leave the same tone as it does when swept from right to left? If not then this could indicate 2 targets of different conductivity .....one or more of which could be a coin. It could still be two pieces of trash, or an odd shaped piece of trash, but you never know. Remember ....many of the good finds are left in the ground because the detectors that have been over the area got bad readings on these objects.
A fourth tip........combine the other three tips.
HH
I've come to believe the GT without the S-1 probe is an incomplete package. Extra coils - I got em. Meter - I've got one. The probe has changed my hunting methods. Make a find , dig a plug or make a pile, start messing around in the dirt or sand to get it out. Many times its not so easy (try semi-swamp mud), and can get frustrating. Sometimes you lose it. Not with the probe. Probe in Disc mode, probe in AM mode. Its trick.